Kalkbrenner Michael T, Zackery Stephanie L, Zhao Yuxuan
New Mexico State University.
Prof Couns. 2024;14(2):198-211. doi: 10.15241/mtk.14.2.198.
The Inner Wealth Inventory (IWI) is a screening tool for measuring inner wealth (IW), a wellness-based construct centered on empowering clients to inherently value themselves for being who they are. The initial IWI score validation study was conducted with samples of child welfare professionals. If the IWI's psychometric properties are confirmed with a normative sample of U.S. adults, it has potential to offer professional counselors a tool for measuring IW. The purpose of the present study was to test the factorial invariance and convergent validity evidence of scores on the IWI with a national sample (N = 840) of U.S. adults, stratified by the census data for gender, ethnoracial identity, geographic location, and age. The results of factorial invariance and convergent validity testing revealed strong support for the psychometric properties of U.S. adults' scores on the unidimensional IWI, including equivalence in the meaning of IW across gender, ethnoracial identity, help-seeking history, education, and income in our sample.
内在财富量表（IWI）是一种用于测量内在财富（IW）的筛查工具，内在财富是一种基于健康的概念，其核心是使客户从本质上重视真实的自己。最初的IWI分数验证研究是针对儿童福利专业人员样本进行的。如果IWI的心理测量特性在成年美国人的常模样本中得到证实，那么它有可能为专业咨询师提供一种测量内在财富的工具。本研究的目的是在美国成年人的全国样本（N = 840）中测试IWI分数的因素不变性和收敛效度证据，该样本按性别、种族身份、地理位置和年龄的人口普查数据分层。因素不变性和收敛效度测试的结果有力地支持了成年美国人在单维IWI上分数的心理测量特性，包括在我们的样本中，内在财富在性别、种族身份、求助历史、教育程度和收入方面的含义等同。
